Multiple choice

What will happen if you join the two terminals of a 1.5 V pencil cell without connecting them through a switch or a bulb?

  1. The electric cell will catch fire and explode due to large flow of current.

  2. The cell gets drained very fast.

  3. The terminals of the cell get corroded due to large flow of electric current.

  4. All of the above
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B Correct answer
Explanation

If you join the two terminals of a cell without connecting them through a switch or a bulb, the chemicals in the electric cell will get used up very fast.

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